Papuan language of Indonesia
Kuwani is a poorly attested Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It is attested only from a single word list, and even its exact location is unknown.[1]
Comparison
Smits and Voorhoeve (1998) assumed it to be equivalent to Kalabra, but there are significant lexical differences.[2] Some lexical differences between Kuwani and Kalabra are given below.[3]
gloss |
Kuwani |
Kalabra
|
‘ear’ |
indibit |
difitlas
|
‘eye’ |
inzibun |
sifogo
|
‘hand’ |
owani |
defo
|
‘1SG’ |
tetike |
tet
|